| Date | 5 September 1972 — 15:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Basketballhalle, Siegenburger Straße, München | |
| Referee | Jim Bain |  USA |
| Referee | Piet Leegwater |  NED |
| Attendance | 4,000 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Half #1 | Half #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Australia |  AUS | 70 | 46 | 24 | |
| – | West Germany |  FRG | 69 | 34 | 35 |
Australia| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | FG | FG% | Free Throws Made | Free Throws Attempts | Free Throws % | ORB | DRB | Total Rebounds | TOV | Personal Fouls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Eddie Palubinskas | 28 | 1 | 11/19 | 0.579 | 6 | 8 | 0.750 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 11 | Perry Crosswhite | 12 | 0 | 6/12 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 13 | Ken James | 11 | 0 | 3/7 | 0.429 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Brian Kerle | 8 | 0 | 4/10 | 0.400 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 7 | Bill Wyatt | 5 | 0 | 2/8 | 0.250 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Richard Duke | 4 | 0 | 1/8 | 0.125 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 15 | Anatoli Koltuniewicz | 2 | 0 | 1/3 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | Ian Watson | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 10 | Peter Byrne | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 14 | Tom Bender | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 70 | – | 28/69 | 0.405 | 14 | 18 | – | 12 | 29 | 41 | 20 | 22 | ||||||
| Coach | Lindsay Gaze | |||||||||||||||||
West Germany| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | FG | FG% | Free Throws Made | Free Throws Attempts | Free Throws % | ORB | DRB | Total Rebounds | TOV | Personal Fouls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Norbert Thimm | 22 | 0 | 10/17 | 0.588 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 12 | Holger Geschwindner | 14 | 0 | 6/21 | 0.286 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 10 | Jochen Pollex | 10 | 0 | 5/8 | 0.625 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 7 | Karl Ampt | 8 | 1 | 4/9 | 0.444 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 4 | Helmut Uhlig | 4 | 0 | 2/8 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 8 | Hans-Jörg Krüger | 4 | 0 | 2/6 | 0.333 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | Klaus Weinand | 2 | 0 | 1/4 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 6 | Dieter Kuprella | 2 | 0 | 1/1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 9 | Rainer Pethran | 2 | 0 | 1/2 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 13 | Jürgen Wohlers | 1 | 0 | 0/6 | 0.000 | 1 | 4 | 0.250 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 14 | Dietrich Keller | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 69 | – | 32/82 | 0.390 | 5 | 12 | – | 14 | 19 | 33 | 16 | 26 | ||||||
| Coach | Theodor Schober | |||||||||||||||||
